Rank and Flank – A Warhammer: The Old World Podcast

… with a bit of all the other Warhammer editions thrown in!

Author: AJ

  • Wood Elves Beginner’s Guide

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    For those in a real hurry: just gimme the lists. Edit: Sisters of the Thorn are M8, not M9. My bad 🙁 I’ve written a bunch of posts about all the different units in the Wood Elves army roster for Warhammer: The Old World, and as I’ve played the army more over the last lot…

  • Wood Elves – the Fourhawk

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    Wood Elves have a few choices of wizard, but this article really focuses on the virtually essential Level 4 Wizard, the Spellweaver, and a build that is easy to use in your army regardless of how you’ve built the rest of your list. Fourhawk It’s a level 4 wizard, on a Warhawk, geddit? I don’t…

  • Wood Elves – Wildwood Rangers

    Wood Elves – Wildwood Rangers

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    The final rank and file unit for the Wood Elves are relative newcomers, having first appeared in 8th edition, just a few months before the End Times. Wildwood Rangers have cool hoods, big weapons and no fear. Stats and Special Rules Wildwood Rangers have exactly the same statline as Eternal Guard, with a base cost…

  • Wood Elves – Warhawk Riders

    Wood Elves – Warhawk Riders

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    Flying cavaly units are pretty rare in Warhammer: The Old World, and the Warhawk Riders are definitely the fastest and most mobile. But even in army that’s all about mobility, do they have what it takes to make them effective? Continuing my series on Wood Elf units, in this article I take a look at…

  • Introducing TheOWL

    Introducing TheOWL

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    In all the Old World discussions on Discord, people have been posting screenshots of rules, and links to the WHFB rules site as they’ve been trying to learn all the different rules and their interactions. I teamed up with the developer of that site to create a bot: TheOWL (Old World Lawyer). Ask the Owl…

  • Wood Elves – Sisters of the Thorn

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    A relative newcomer to the Wood Elf list, Sisters of the Thorn were added for the first time with the 8th edition army book, the last army book before The End Times and the death of rank and flank Warhammer. As such, they don’t have the same nostalgia or model count that most of our…

  • Wood Elves – Wardancers

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    When I first got the box of Skarloc’s Wood Elf archers, my instant favourite model was Glam. Here was this crazy guy who literally danced his way up and down the front line of battle and stabbed anyone who got too close. Armour? Pah! Armour is for slow people who can’t dodge. I still have…

  • Wood Elves – Wild Riders

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    Probably my favourite unit in the army roster, I’m stoked to move on to writing about Wild Riders. The ultimate “glass cannon” unit, Wild Riders hit like a truck but die to even the mildest attacks. In this article, I’m going to talk about the pros and cons of the unit, and techniques I’ve found…

  • Wood Elves – Eternal Vanguard

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    I’ve been asked a lot about Eternal Guard, and my feedback has been fairly negative up until now. I’ve had a bit more time to think and test, and I feel like I may have found their role in an Alpha Strike army list that I’ve been calling Eternal Vanguard in my head. It’s reminiscent…

  • Wood Elves – Treekin

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    Treekin are the only Monstrous Infantry unit in Wood Elves (or indeed, any army from Forces of Fantasy!) Inspired the Huorns from Lord of the Rings, they are tough and durable in an army that is mostly pretty squishy. Having given my initial thoughts on both Core and Rare choices, it’s time to finally move…